ticking quotes

   We expect the ticking movement of the human timepiece to be revealed.

- CliveWilliam Aslet
  In Country Life,10 Nov, reviewing  Jonathan Dimbleby The Prince of  Wales:  A Biography (1994).

The poets get a quizzical ahem. They reflect time, I am the very ticking.

- Roy Broadbent Fuller
  'A  Wry Smile'.